Fante of Cote d’Ivoire (PGID: PG013075)

The Fante of Cote d’Ivoire

The Fante of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Ghanaian Fante established along the Ivorian coast through a long tradition of migratory marine fishing. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Akan is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Akan (aka)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 30,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013075
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Akan
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Akan Speakers

Media Resources in Akan:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Akan:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1964 Bible Society of Ghana		✓
2012 Bible Society of Ghana	✓	✓	✓
1964 Bible Society of Ghana	✓	✓
Asante-Twi Bible With Deutero-Canons	✓
1982 Bible Society of Ghana		✓

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Fante are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Fante:

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting

Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Fante of Cote d’Ivoire

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
Isaiah 42:8

Pray that lost people will turn from worthless idols to worship the one true God, recognizing that He alone is worthy of all glory and praise.

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 8:12

Pray that many will come to know Jesus, the light of the world, and have the light of life instead of walking in darkness.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of glory and be in awe of God's mercy that gives them access to Him through faith.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Fante Across Countries (ROP3 - 102998) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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3 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country ▼	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG013488	Fante	Liberia	59,500	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Roman Catholicism
PG013320	Fante	Ghana	4,110,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion
PG013075	Fante	Cote d’Ivoire	30,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion

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